> Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:24:52 GMT
> To: misc@openbsd.org
> From: Matthew Szudzik <mszud...@andrew.cmu.edu>
> Subject: Re: Can someone please suggest a replacement for xterm for me?
>
> On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 02:16:05PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote:
> > hmm, on Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 11:45:49AM +0000, Matthew Szudzik said that
> > > PRIMARY. So, if you've copied something to the CLIPBOARD in firefox,
> > > then you won't be able to paste it in xterm.
> >
> > i disagree.
> >
> > shift+insert
>
> No, Shift-Insert does not work. Suppose you've copied "String1" to the
> CLIPBOARD in firefox. That is, you've highlighted "String1" and pressed
> Ctrl-C. Then suppose that you highlight some other string "String2".
> (For example, you may have gone to the firefox "Save Page As..." dialog
> box, which automatically highlights the title of the current page.) Now,
> if you go to xterm and press Shift-Insert, you do not get "String1"
> which is in the CLIPBOARD, but "String2" which is in the PRIMARY.
> That's the problem!
>
> You can paste the PRIMARY to xterm, but you cannot paste the CLIPBOARD
> to xterm. (Unless you use xsel.)
>
Recent versions of xterm (237, 242) have some new options you might find
helpful.
control-center-button brings up "VT options", then
just past "Allow 80/132 Column Switching", there are 2 new options:
"Keep Selection", and "Select to Clipboard". I think the 2nd of these
might cause xterm to behave as you wish.
-Marcus Watts
